I just found this site by chance when I was googling and I'm just blown away. I just started thinking about buying one of these cars, I've loved this car ever since I saw one at an auto show in St. Louis, probably about 7 years ago. I now have the means to actually buy one of these. I'm looking at spending $25-35K, I was originally considering a new 350Z or RX-8, but I see too darn many of those cars around and the styling doesn't always excite me. I figured I could get an NSX as a weekend driver and possibly for the same price or cheaper, as long as I don't mind a used car (which I don't). I plan on doing quite a bit more research on this site before buying, but in the meantime I was hoping I could get some advice. I have a few questions, and if anyone cares to share their opinions/insight/knowledge, I would greatly appreciate it.
(1) I will probably end up buying a pre-95 model, for those of you who own one of these years, what are you thoughts. I'm obviously buying a manual (no real car enthusiast would buy an automatic, IMO) and noticed that the pre-95 models don't have power steering. Is this an issue worth worrying about, i.e. how much of a pain is it not having the power steering?
(2) I know the clearance on these cars isn't much, but how big of a problem is it? I'm a little concerned, as I just built a new house and the driveway is somewhat sloped - the garage is also slightly sloped, so at least the ground doesn't completely level out when I enter, but I am concerned that I might have problems. Any comparable cars? Anyone have any similar experiences? I could probably send over a scan of the front of my house if anyone cares to share their opinion.
(3) I'm sure I'll have more questions as I continue to flip through this site, but it's getting late and I can't think of much more at this point. I did see an ebay auction I really liked, anyone have any thoughts on this car and/or what a reasonable price would be? http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=4534864140&category=5337
I really like the black exterior, I also love the red, but only on the models where the exterior is all red, not the red w/ the black frame around the windows, windshield, etc. - on a side note, what year did they stop doing that?
Anyways, your thoughts and opinions are appreciated, I'm looking forward to doing some more research on this amazingly extensive site.
(1) I will probably end up buying a pre-95 model, for those of you who own one of these years, what are you thoughts. I'm obviously buying a manual (no real car enthusiast would buy an automatic, IMO) and noticed that the pre-95 models don't have power steering. Is this an issue worth worrying about, i.e. how much of a pain is it not having the power steering?
(2) I know the clearance on these cars isn't much, but how big of a problem is it? I'm a little concerned, as I just built a new house and the driveway is somewhat sloped - the garage is also slightly sloped, so at least the ground doesn't completely level out when I enter, but I am concerned that I might have problems. Any comparable cars? Anyone have any similar experiences? I could probably send over a scan of the front of my house if anyone cares to share their opinion.
(3) I'm sure I'll have more questions as I continue to flip through this site, but it's getting late and I can't think of much more at this point. I did see an ebay auction I really liked, anyone have any thoughts on this car and/or what a reasonable price would be? http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=4534864140&category=5337
I really like the black exterior, I also love the red, but only on the models where the exterior is all red, not the red w/ the black frame around the windows, windshield, etc. - on a side note, what year did they stop doing that?
Anyways, your thoughts and opinions are appreciated, I'm looking forward to doing some more research on this amazingly extensive site.